Sanitary toilet seat dispenser



July 12, 1932. J GRYPMA ET AL 1,867,506

SANITARY TOILET SEAT DISPENSER Filed April 7, 19 31 meadow? J Gn vma a? Mari??? [Yea Zen e;-

BY & Co,

THEIR ATTORNEYS,

Patented July 12, 1932 THEODORE J. sRYrMaAnnMAnTm MEULENBEBG, or GRAND Barres," MICHiGAN.

f ,QsixNI TaRY TOILET SEAT DISPENSER p Application filegi April 7 This invention relates to certainfnovel improvements in sanitary-toilet seat c'lispensers, and has for its principal object the provision of animproved construction of this character which will be highly eflicientin use and economical in manufacture. r 7

Amongthe several objects of thisfinvention is the provision of improved means for supporting, adjacent a'toilet seat, a. roll of paper having previously formed openings at in tervals'thereinyand to provide means by which a sectionof said paper having'one of said I openings therein may be conveniently withdrawn and severed from the roll so that said severed section may be disposed on the toilet seat. I I j Another object ofthe invention is to arrange the invention in sucha' manner that the end of the roll may be conveniently grasped after a section thereof has been severed so that other and additional sections mayj-be withdrawn from and severed from the roll. I I

A further object of the invention is to provide means by which a drag will be exerted on the paper roll as the sameis withdrawn from its housing so that an undesirably long sectionof paper will'not be Withdrawn from the roll in the use of the same. I

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combi nation and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed. I

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, showing the preferred form of. construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a preferred pensing device showing a section of the paper tion, of the dispensing device, taken sub-1 stantially on the line in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the dispensing device; and

form of construction of our improved dis-' 1931. Serial no. 528,374.

- Fig. 5'is a sectional view of one end of the dispensing device, taken substantially on the line 55 in Fig. 4. I

Referring to the drawing, wherein a pre-f. ferred forin of construction of the invention is depicted, generically indicated at 10 is a toilet bowl "of conventional design which in-j eludes thehinged' seat 11 and cover 12. Us ually disposed adjacent the-bowl 10 is the I flushing tank 13. The present invention pr0- so vides a roll ofpaper 1 1 at intervals in which are provided previously stamped or out opens ings 15 that are adapted to be disposed over the seat '11, and the means provided by'theinvention for supporting-the roll and severing a section therefrom will now be'described'.

The dispenser provided by the present invention is generically indicated at 16 and is intended to be fastened to the floor adjacent,- and preferably at the right side of thebowl 10, though the dispenser 16 may be arranged ateither side of the bowl 10, or at the rear thereof, as the design of the bowl and appurtenances therefor warrant.

' The dispensing device 16 includes a supporting base 17 which may be secured to a supporting floor or surfacein any suitable manner, as by bolts 18. Integral with,'and

. extending upwardly from the base 17, is a The roll housing 21 is in the form of a 35 cylindrical drum and includes the lower semicircular half, 21wand the" upper'half 21?). which provides a cover that is hingedly connected to the lower section 21a by any suitable type-of hinge constructionsuchaspintle 23 and buckles 2 11 i Y I The drum 2]. includes end walls 25 and 26 which include flanges 25 -and"26 that are secured to the-section 21a of the drum in any suitable manner, as soldering. Disposed 5 inwardly of the end walls 25 a'nd'126,and 'each having aflange27 that is secured'to the section 21a of housing 21 in any suitable manner, as by soldering, are rollguiding plates 28, in each ofwhich is provided aislot 29and i aligned with each of the slots 29 are slots 30 formed in the end walls 25 and 26, for a purpose to be made apparent presently. A roll of paper 14 is intended to be disposed in the housing 21 between plates 28 and to be withdrawn therefrom through means to be described hereafter, andit will be seen that by looking through either pair of slots 30 and 29 the amount of paper left in the roll at any particular time, and the need for replacing the same, may be determined without the necessity of opening the housing, the advantage of which will be made apparent hereinafter.

A guiding flange 31 includes a portion 44 that is secured to the free end and the inner side of the cover 21?) by means of suitable bolt and nut structures 32 or the like. At

cutting blade 33 is secured by means of screws 34 or the like. Formed in the end portions of the flange 31 are recesses or notches 35 The lower and stationary section 21a ofthe drum '21 has integral therewith an outstanding flange 36 which extends parallel to but spaced from the flange 31 to provide a guideway and outlet 37 through which the paper 14 may be withdrawn from the drum 21. The notches 35 provide similar pairs of ears 40 in the ends of the flanges 31 and 36 and suitable aligned openings are provided in these ear portions 40, and the bolts 41 extend through these openings and have wing nuts 42 thereon. Spring leaves 43 are secured to the portion. 44 of the flange 31, and to the cover 216 of the drum, by means of suitable bolt and nut structures 45, or the like, and by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that these spring leaves 43 include portions 46 that extend into the guideway 37 so as to bear upon the paper .14 as the paper is withdrawn through the guideway 37 In this manner a drag is exerted upon the paper 14 by the 7 spring leaf portions 46 so that by grasping with the thumb and index finger the portions of the paper 14 that are accessible through the recesses 35 a suitable length or section of the paper may be withdrawn, and when a suitable section of the paper 14 has been withdrawn, such section may be severed by lifting upwardly on the outer end of the withdrawn section so as to sever the section by means of the serrated edge 47 of blade 33. After such section has been severed from the roll, the paper 14 will again be accessible through the recesses 35 (Fig. 3).

It is apparent that by removing the wing nuts 42 the upper section 216 of the drum may be lifted, with flange 31-, so as to replace the roll 14 when desired.

The hereinbefore described invention proat regular intervals so that by the use of the device a section of said paper having one of said openings therein may be conveniently withdrawn and severed from the roll when desired. The device may, as is apparent from the drawings and the above description, be used with any style or design of bowl.

.While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. WVe,'therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction'set forth, but desire'to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications as come within. the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desireto protect by Letters Patent is: r

A dispensing device for sanitary toilet seat covers arranged in rolls comprising a drum including a stationary section and having an open upper side, and including a closure member hin'gedly connected to said section to close said open side, a flange member carried by the free end ofsaid closure member and projecting radially from said drum, a

flange member on said stationary section arranged inparallelism with said first-named flange member and cooperating with said first named flange member to provide a guideway through which the freeend of said roll may be withdrawn from said housing, said flange members having finger notches in the tures.

THEODORE J. GRYPMA. MARTIN MEULENBERG.

vides a simpleand eflicient device for dispensing' sanitary toilet seat paper and provides means whereby. such paper may be manufactured 1n rolls havlng openlngs therein 

